EAN: 9780857058645

THE CAPITAL - ROBERT MENASSE KARTONIERT (TB)

THE PRIZE-WINNING SATIRICAL BESTSELLER - MORE THAN 500 000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE  "I enjoyed
The Capital so much . . . A major book" New York Times "First-class satire" Guardian "A
deliciously vicious and timely satire" Financial Times "Mischievous yet profound" Economist
"Thoroughly entertaining" Spectator "[A] polyphonic EU satire" The Times  A "HOUSE OF CARDS"
FOR THE EU   The Capital is a brilliantly entertaining satire  a crime story  a comedy of
manners . . . and a wild pig chase. This is the tale of a continent  a city and its inhabitants
as they navigate their way through the confusing tangle of 21st-century life.  
************************************* Brussels. A hive of tragic heroes  manipulative losers 
involuntary accomplices. No wonder the European Commission is keen to improve its image.  The
fiftieth anniversary of the European Commission approaches  and the Directorate-General for
Culture is tasked with organising an appropriate celebration. When Fenia Xenopoulou's assistant
comes up with a plan to put Auschwitz at the very centre of the jubilee  she is delighted. But
she has neglected to take the other E.U. institutions into account.  Meanwhile the city is on
the lookout for a runaway pig. And what about the farmers who take to the streets to protest
against restrictions blocking the export of pigs to China? 
************************************** See what the critics are saying about The Capital: 
"Omniscient" New York Times "An exceptional work" Kirkus Reviews "Deliciously witty" Metro
"Elegant . . . brilliantly constructed" Die Zeit  "Robert Menasse is pioneering the genre of
Eurolit" Financial Times   WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE  Translated from the German by Jamie
Bulloch

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